Outback Steak House

Today we went on a 'field trip' to the Outback Steak House. For those not familiar with this establishment, The Outback Steak House is an American chain of restaurants, in Korea, with an Australian theme.

When we got there we went up the stairs to the outside of the restaurant, where we saw some lovely Aboriginal dot paintings of Kangaroos, boomerangs, and coke bottles!

The inside of the Steak House was cheerfully decorated with many Australia photos, and signs. There were many framed posters of famous Australian artwork, such as the Ned Kelly paintings by Sydney Nolan. Oh and I can't forget the Aussie flag. It was there, right next to the bar!

There was of course only one Aussie beer on tap - Fosters Australia's Famous Beer.

The food there was tasty, but very un Australian. Think American deep fried cuisine...and you will get the picture. The best bit was the comically named dishes. Check out their website for more info on the names. It's gotta be seen to be believed...

http://www.outback.co.kr/english/defa/ed00.asp

I am told that the meat is Australian though, so one day I might go there if im craving beef. Beef here is really expensive and hard to get.

The field trip went well.

For more photos of field trips and others of our party, check out the website below:
http://au.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/alwynjo/my_photos If this link doesn't work please let me know! Thanks. -A

S.O.S Somebody help me!! I was out til 2:30 last night drinking and I feel like crap - and I have to teach a bunch of screaming banshees known as kindergarten for the next 4 hours. SAVE ME!

39 Days in - June 26, 2005. - Hi Troy again, just throught I'd let you all know how everything is going for us over here. Everything seems to be fine - except the weather is stinking hot and humid as f**k. Okay so 39 days is a while so I've got a lot of catching up to do. Let me start with the plane ride over- we watched Lemony Snicket which was awesome - after the 10 and a half hour journey we get off the plane expecting to go though customs and quarantine and whatnot - instead we walk out a door and next thing I know I'm eating Maccas (McDonalds for those non Aussies who may stumble across this site) with my recruiter. Anyways after the flight we had to get on a bus for another 3 hours (fun!). So it was about midnight and we got to the motel only to find out that it was a "lovin'" motel. When the director turned on the TV to show us how to use it there was an excellent display of the local pornography showing - excellent initiation.

Anyways - since then we have been extremely busy at work we work from 10am-7:30pm but with planning its more like 9-8, but its not so bad the kids are cool in an insane sort of a way. Especially the kindergarten kids, you will find out more about them as the blog continues. So - Korea... whats it like? Apart from getting stared at all the time by people in passing cars, who seem to think we can't seem them , and the whole language barrier thing, its kinda cool.

There are so many "little differences" from home that I have quite enjoyed. "Example" Not only can can go into any convenience store and purchase am alcoholic beverage (which are ridiculously cheap), there are tables and chairs so you can sit out the front and drink beer there 24/7 if you like, and if you do want to goto a bar it stays open till you decide to leave - bad idea, I need that 3 o'clock its time to go home call. Also they eat spaghetti bolognaise with chopsticks not a pretty site. On the darker side (or browner side) of the whole little difference from home thing one thing that it not so enjoyable is instead of flushing your used toilet paper down the toilet you place it in a bin next to the toilet. Disgusting.

Okay that comes close to bringing you up to speed - well not really I left a fair bit out but I will catch up in future posts. Bye for now and keep smiling - T

THE DONG

Let me explain to you about the "dong" as cited in the title/web address. For those not not in the know "dong" in Korean means suburb or neighbourhood. Hi, I'm Troy the self proclaimed comedy writer for the blog. Welcome to my virtual Dong, at present is a small dong but with time it will grow. This is where I will chronicle my time spent in Korea, my travels through the country and its neighbours and things that I see that I find comical due to the fact that this country is different to my country. You can also expect photos of various things Korean and so forth. So wherever you may be in this crazy world; sit back, relax and enjoy the dong. DING DONG!

Korea: Land of the Morning Calm

1 month down...11 to go. We are writing from an apartment above a pork restaurant. This pork restaurant is just down from Heaven. Heaven is a Hof in Songchon-dong. Songchon-dong is a neighbourhood in Daejeon. Daejeon is in the Province of Chungcheongnam-Do. Chungcheongnam-Do is right in the middle of the Republic of Korea. The Republic of Korea is a 10 and a half hour flight from Sydney.

So now you know where we are...we expect you to drop by!